Wicked smiling was all the reaction Gadanai could muster at the words Belladonna created. Her arrogance and ego sheltered her own confidence from the trickery of the doe, but seeing the clone again made her seethe. Just as soon as she appeared, she was gone again, dashing toward the elephant's home. She began to follow, but halted, feeling uncertain that this was nothing more than another figment. "She was weak when I found her. She still is, but her trust was easy to break from him. I could easily sustain my hold on her. Don't doubt me because I'm young, you pathetic coward." She stopped as her words did, looking harder, her eyes fluttering toward her gave time and again, a little nervous that she'd just watched the real one run away. So she dug her Sensorial fangs into her treasure, making sure she didn't feel anything - like fear - creeping in that felt unfamiliar. "Speech" Thoughts OOC: ooc Tag: @Belladonna Injuries: None Attack/Defense: Keep looking... and hope that was just another clone. Rounds: 4 of ?

The nervousness in her blood turned to bitter, seething fear, and she hated it, she hated this feeling that made her limbs shake, made her teeth shiver in her mouth, made her heart race, the drum pounding away inside her head, pound, pound, pound, hurting the inside rim of her skull with every beat. Her mouth was clenched so tight that her breath came through slitted teeth in shallow marks, feeling trapped. She couldn't outright run because it would alert the elephant (she caught herself from calling Gada a monster - no, she was the monster, the monster that was being hunted this time), and just the fear of feeling that trunk wrapped around her midsection to tighten and squeeze made her shiver in blind panic for a few second when everything went blank except the need to survive.

She bit her lip so hard it started to bleed, and a tear sprung to her eye in reaction to the pain. She would conquer this, she was the one who inspired fear, not the other way around.

Clover, broken as she was, just watched her and laughed like someone on the verge of death with nothing to lose. She told her that it was good if they both died, for it would serve them both right. They deserved a death like this. Bella snarled at her and threatened her silence, and Clover was quiet again. For the moment, at least.

Inside Gada's head she whispered sweetly, revealing nothing of her inner turmoil, "My dear sweet Gadanai, did you think that was a ploy? I can see your every thought, can feel your fear, and believe me, I can and will use your mind against you.

I am going to Jasmine, and it matters not if the sight of me you saw was real or not. In fact, oh! Look! Here's the cave right now!"

Inside of Gada's head flowed an image, seemless and real, of Gada's home she'd made with Jasmine, where the girl still slept on her bed of leaves, trusting and sweet, and the clone of Belladonna raced towards it, ready to speak, the image cleansed of shadows and blood, with eyes bright and golden. And in reality, that's exactly what Belladonna was doing. She made the clone of herself run far far away, straight towards Jasmine, and it hardly mattered if the innocent, blind child grew aware of her abusive lover, the seductive play of fear and despair that the two offered her like a ripened fruit offered no pull for her now.

No...Belladonna was only doing this because she was afraid for her life, and she was sitting in the dark under the leaves of a bush thinking over and over in her head, praying to anyone who would listen that the fucking elephant would just fall for it already and leave. Fear sat in her blood like bubbling poison, burning through her muscles and bones telling her to run, run run, and telling her at the same time to stay and hide and hope that the monster left.

How fucking far she had fallen. She was scared of a child but- she was scared of a bloodthirsty creature who wanted to kill her, and for that, she was afraid, so deathly afraid.

Round: 4/8
Attempt: Show Gada what's being done
Injuries: A really really bad headache
"......."

Initially, the words that began made her teeth grind, but then a mention of fear caused her to nearly choke on her laughter, obviously amused by such claims. What exactly am I fearing? The tiny coward? The image of a white bitch fleeing to take my love from me? She snorted and continued on, chortling darkly. With a touch of patience, she looked around a bit more, seeing something she suspected might be a hiding doe. She squinted, then stepped closer before sparking up the magic in her gem, rumbling excitedly. With a small rear that slammed the ground, her ears threw forth a gust of wind, blowing the leaves from the brush Belladonna was sheltering herself with. Gadanai's eyes grew wide with pure joy. "Oh, there you are. Do you fear death, little coward?" She cackled menacingly, then began to close the gap between them, stopping within inches of the resting deer to loom over her threateningly. With a twisted grin and pupils dilated with ecstasy, she growled out her next word: "Run." "Speech" Thoughts OOC: ohmanohmanohman Tag: @Belladonna Injuries: None Attack/Defense: Uncover that wench Rounds: 5 of ?

[rolling][expecting this to fail miserably][wow would you look at that]

The wind brushed back the leaves that sheltered her and protected her, and suddenly red eyes and mottled, wrinkled grey skin were pushed into her face, making her flinch instinctively, and when the word was said to her in that hushed tone, everything fell away but the two of them and fear.

Her mind was blank, nothing else existed except the piercing need to get away, and get away now, and the breath she'd been holding hitched in her throat and she turned and her legs scrambled into the dirt to get a head's start. She'd taken a few steps before Clover slid up behind her in the throne that rested in the mind they shared and reached out to Belladonna and choked her. Their body faltered and stumbled as Clover whispered into her ear,

"Have the courage to die with me, you coward. You know its what we both deserve."

Bella's vision was blurring and she fought her off enough to take a loud and messy gulp of air, enough to tell her legs to run but they wouldn't listen to her, Clover was making them lock and seize and stumble like a doll with its strings cut, and Belladonna hissed back, "I will never die."

With pure will she chokeholded the strings of her magic towards her clone and made the illusion reach the cave where Jasmine was, making it seem breathless and afraid. It said shakily, "P-please, help me," before falling to her knees.

Round: 5/8
Attempt: Run
Injuries: A really really bad headache and really bloody afraid

"I won't die, I can't die,"

The giraffe was curled up in the grass bed that lay in the back of the cave. Since Gadanai made it clear she didn't want her to wander off to far, Jasmine had found she would spend some of her spare time sleeping while she waited for her love to return. Many would think it a sad existence, but the tall lass was content. Knowing she was protected and the one she loved cared for her in return. There were some things that were left a mystery between the two of them but she didn't think much of those matters.

As she floated in her slumber, a voice called out. Seeming to be filled with panic and fear; it couldn't be her Gada could it? "Hmmmm?" Jasmine began to stir, opening her eyes to an unfamiliar figure. A white doe? Head lifted up quickly, her own brand of panic covered her face. First questioning where Gada could be and who this gembound was. "What . . . what is wrong?" Glancing around before focusing her eyes onto the frightened stranger.

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"Speech"
Thoughts

ooc: @Gadanai @Belladonna

The stench of fear was thick in the air, fueling Gadanai's murderous fire. The inner turmoil that the two souls in this single doe was beyond any recognition of the elephant. She saw the deer stumble and heard her talk to herself whilst standing in place, clearly terror-ridden. She reached for the deer's neck, missing somehow - perhaps the deer finally got some momentum in her movements - but was able to capture a back leg. As the strong appendage coiled, her connection made her insides tingle. Her brain buzzed with panic that was not her own. Jasmine? She looked toward the cave, not at all releasing her grip. She began to rumble, ears starting to flare out while her eyes narrowed. Gada looked back at the white doe, seething through her teeth at the one she'd dubbed "The Coward." "You've fucked up," she snarled. She jerked back on the leg she held, swinging her head and pulling as hard as she could manage. She felt something give, a loud crack filling the air. She released the doe, snorting with a warped fury. She lifted her head a little, threw up her trunk, and released a roar she hoped Jasmine would hear. You're in danger... you're in DANGER! She looked back to Belladonna and stepped closer until she her large forelegs were on either side of the doe's head. She stared down furiously, red eyes glowering. "Call it off, or I'll step on your head until your eyes pop." "Speech" Thoughts OOC: ooc Tag: @Belladonna | @Jasmine Injuries: None Attack/Defense: Grab her, hurt her, threaten her. Rounds: 6 of ?

With the spell she was barely holding onto, she made the illusion say, "G-Gadanai is killing m-my friend, you ha-have to help, please," The clone looked at Jasmine with such pleading eyes, such pain in her expression, mirroring the feeling of seeing her life flash in the real Bella's eyes. Would she die here? Would she meet her untimely end here? She felt a moment's seething self-hatred to falling so low as to beg for her life but she didn't have a choice. "You have to tell her to stop, please, she'll kill--"

Everything was cut off and the spell broke and faded away when Gada gripped Belladonna's back leg, spoke harshly and quickly, then pulled at a wrong angle with too much force and EVERYTHING was searing bloody pain like the world was on fire and the world consisted of her leg and there was screaming and sobbing and pain and pain and pain and she crumpled to the ground at some point and there was still screaming that Bella could hear mixed with the sound of the elephant's bellow that crowded out everything in Bella's mind.

She hardly noticed when the elephant stepped on either side of her head because she was panting and sobbing and couldn't see anything at all, couldn't focus on anything - her eye was obscured with tears and her nose was running and she looked like a seething mess with her breath coming ragged through her open mouth.

The words caught her through the white fire and she locked eyes with the elephant, pausing for a second to bring herself back to the present moment - then her gasps turned to a furious snarl and she spat in Gada's face, waiting till the trail went down the monster's face before she caught her breath enough to say, "G-go fuck yourself."

She wanted to bring up her magic to hide herself but her gem didn't even flicker, couldn't even try, not when her death was hanging in front of her face.

Round: 6/8
Attempt: Hide, hide
Injuries: A really really bad headache, blinding fear and a broken leg


"......."

As the white figure began to speak, ears perked up to listen in. At first she was confused by the statement, the claim that Gada was hurting someone . . . but the pieces fell into place. The grey female had informed her that they would be doing things that Jasmine might not understand. Could this be one of those times? ". . I" Only to be cut off by the voice in her head. Jasmine? You're in danger... you're in DANGER! From what? Quickly getting to her feet, head just about to hit the ceiling as the doe vanished into thin air while asking for help.

Was that the danger? Gada . . . Heart racing now, unsure what to do. She struggled to get out of the cave, standing by the entrance now. From the distance, deep in the brush, a scream of pain. The bellowing of her love and protector. What . . . what should I do? Should she go to Gadanai? Would she be safe from the danger Gada claimed she was in?

For now, she just hovered around the break in the trees for a moment; unsure what to do. Maybe she was afraid what she could find, feeling the anger that leaked from the elephant now.

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"Speech"
Thoughts

ooc: @Gadanai @Belladonna welppppppp

The sweet pleasure of her screams, her crying, her fear, influenced her so deeply. In fact, this was the most delicious murder she would have under her belt, so far. Primarily because, well, she was planning on torture first. Maybe she'd take Bella's advice and let her live knowing that Gadana Ama may be lurking the next corner. She was barely coherent when Belladonna spit in her face, but the insult of it was still enough to bring her back to reality... sweet, sweet reality. She moved to Bella's side, then reached for her leg. Her trunk wrapped around it twice and squeezed. When she moved again, it was harshly in another direction, attempting to snap the leg somewhere else, or make the initial one even worse. Whichever would do, so long as the pain left Gadanai's memory deep into her existence. Through it all, her twisted smile never faltered. Her eyes bolted in every direction, trying to see everything Belladonna did as a reaction. In her mind, there was an outpour of euphoria. It was bliss. As she twisted and squeezed and pulled at the leg just for the sake of doing it, she imagined Jasmine arriving and... joining in. She didn't know where it came from and she finally faltered in her actions, pausing and staring off for a moment. Gadanai looked back down at Bella and her smile returned, even wider than before. Help me save you, Jasmine. She bellowed again, just to be sure. "Speech" Thoughts OOC: It should not be this hard to work AROUND killing someone else's character, gdi Gadanai. Tag: @Belladonna Injuries: Just pissed off. Attack/Defense: ??? We're just being a bitch, now okay??? Rounds: 7 of does this even count as a round anymore??????????

Her scream erupted into the jungle, startling birds, a sound loud enough to make anyone nearby ears hurt in its intensity and pain, a sound that told anyone who heard it that such pain had never been felt before, the worst she'd ever felt, and when it lessened in volume, Gada moved the broken leg around to a different angle and renewed it and she screamed even more till her voice was hoarse and more full of sobbing than a cry for help.

Where is that fucking giraffe!? She thought desperately, begging for nothing more than for this pain to stop, and she was going to die because a cavedamned delicate flower was confused when she's told bald-faced to her fucking face that her lover is killing someon --

Gada twisted her leg around more and her mind blanked out with white fire and when she came on the other side, nothing held her but panic, panic, panic, she couldn't think about anything, couldn't feel anything but the panic in her veins.

Her gem responded to her pale fear in her head and darkness poured from her eyesocket, quickly infecting the surrounding area, snuffing out any and all possibility of light. Instinct snatched her broken leg from Gada's surprised, slack grip, blocking out the pain in leiu of living, and she stole away into the bushes, running away like an animal.

Round: 7/8
Attempt: Do anything to get away
Injuries: A really really bad headache, blinding fear and a really really broken leg


"......."